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The '''Bonny Six''' (ボニー・シックス) is a Japanese 6×6 folding camera. It was advertised by [[Ōmiya|Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin]] in 1941–2.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 341, mentions advertisements dated 1942. The [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera page] by Toshio Inamura shows a [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/pigeon_41_l.jpg reproduction of an advertisement] dated 1941. </REF> It is said that it was made by a company called Yamato, but that is certainly not the same company as [[Yamato|Yamato Kōki Kōgyō]] that made the [[Pax]] after the war.<REF> McKeown, p. 1021, attributes it to the same "Yamato Koki Kogyo Co., Ltd." but this company only took this name in 1944 according to its [http://www.yamato-web.co.jp/kaisya.htm official chronology]. Before that it was called Kikuchi Seisakusho. [http://taka-platz.s40.xrea.com/taka_bbs/c-board.cgi?cmd=ntr;tree=99;id= This thread of the Shashinki no Mori forum] says that the Bonny Six was made by a "Yamato CameraCo" founded around 1938, about which nothing else is known. </REF> | The '''Bonny Six''' (ボニー・シックス) is a Japanese 6×6 folding camera. It was advertised by [[Ōmiya|Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin]] in 1941–2.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 341, mentions advertisements dated 1942. The [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera page] by Toshio Inamura shows a [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/pigeon_41_l.jpg reproduction of an advertisement] dated 1941. </REF> It is said that it was made by a company called Yamato, but that is certainly not the same company as [[Yamato|Yamato Kōki Kōgyō]] that made the [[Pax]] after the war.<REF> McKeown, p. 1021, attributes it to the same "Yamato Koki Kogyo Co., Ltd." but this company only took this name in 1944 according to its [http://www.yamato-web.co.jp/kaisya.htm official chronology]. Before that it was called Kikuchi Seisakusho. [http://taka-platz.s40.xrea.com/taka_bbs/c-board.cgi?cmd=ntr;tree=99;id= This thread of the Shashinki no Mori forum] says that the Bonny Six was made by a "Yamato CameraCo" founded around 1938, about which nothing else is known. </REF> | ||
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The Bonny Six (ボニー・シックス) is a Japanese 6×6 folding camera. It was advertised by Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin in 1941–2.[1] It is said that it was made by a company called Yamato, but that is certainly not the same company as Yamato Kōki Kōgyō that made the Pax after the war.[2]
Description of the body
The Bonny Six is a horizontal folder, copy of the Ikonta 6×6. It has a folding optical finder in the middle of the top plate, a body release, an advance key at the top left and strap lugs at both ends. The back is hinged to the right. The front leather is embossed BONNY SIX.
Lens and shutter equipment
An advertisement dated October 1942[3] lists two versions of the Bonny Six, both with a Bonny Anastigmat 75mm f/4.5 lens:
- Bonny Six I: T, B, 5–200 speeds;
- Bonny Six II: T, B, 1–200 speeds.
The only surviving example observed so far is the Bonny Six I pictured in McKeown.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 341, mentions advertisements dated 1942. The Nostalgic Camera page by Toshio Inamura shows a reproduction of an advertisement dated 1941.
- ↑ McKeown, p. 1021, attributes it to the same "Yamato Koki Kogyo Co., Ltd." but this company only took this name in 1944 according to its official chronology. Before that it was called Kikuchi Seisakusho. This thread of the Shashinki no Mori forum says that the Bonny Six was made by a "Yamato CameraCo" founded around 1938, about which nothing else is known.
- ↑ Published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 92.
- ↑ McKeown, p. 1021.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Item 241.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P. 1021.
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama.
Links
In Japanese:
- Thread about the Bonny Six in the forum of the Shashinki no Mori website
- Advertisement dated 1941 for the Bonny Four and Six (bottom part), reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page by Toshio Inamura
